by Maureen | Jan 8, 2021 | Personal
There were 111 COVID-related deaths on January 7th, 2021. My uncle was one of them. But this is not about COVID; this is about one man who made a difference in Long Beach, NY – the city by the sea. Anthony “Gigi” Perretta was the kind of man you didn’t forget. When...
by Maureen | Nov 20, 2020 | Personal
Thanksgiving is next week, officially marking the start of the holiday season. But everything is different this year. We’ll be smaller groups gathering, and along with the scent of crisp turkey slow cooking on the oven, is anxiety. Those of us with school-age...
by Maureen | Nov 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
After the better part of a year spent social distancing, wearing masks, using hand sanitizer throughout the day, quarantining, and the general restlessness to return to normal life, “pandemic fatigue” is becoming the pandemic within a pandemic. How can we distinguish...
by Maureen | Oct 1, 2020 | Personal
The brain is an amazing thing. Our brains are processing information constantly at warp speed. That’s the energy you are receiving. How you think about and process that information is the energy you communicate. I cite Masuro Emoto’s study of water in my book, Happy...
by Maureen | Sep 18, 2020 | Personal
Educators, parents, and schools are adjusting to the new reality of remote learning. While this presents pros and cons across the board, the very real threat of cyber-bullying has been pushed to the backseat, and arranging home schools and learning pods are at the...
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